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DESERT HOT SPRINGS (CBSLA.com) — A three-foot alligator was discovered Monday after getting stuck between a chain link fence and a wood fence, just a few blocks away from an elementary school, authorities said.

The alligator, identified as a juvenile American alligator, was removed from a home at about 3 p.m. in the 66600 block of Estrella Avenue by Riverside County Animal Services Officer James Huffman, spokesman John Welsh said. It is illegal to own such a reptile as a pet in California, he said.